Lounge-leg



(N0 Mbdel.)

W. S ENG. LOUNGE LEG.

Patented Feb. 25, 1890.

rTEn STATES Arnivr OFFICE.

IVENDELIN SENG, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

LOUNGE-LEG.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 421,980, dated February25, 1890. Application filed May 9, 1889.. Serial No. 810,127- (Nomodel.)

Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Lounge-Legs, ofwhich the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a lounge-leg which shall besimple in construction, capable of being appliedto either end of thelounge, as desired, and provided with means to prevent the leg fromturning completely over; and the invention consists in the features anddetails of construction hereinafter described and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a vertical elevation of my device appliedto a lounge; Fig. 2, a perspective view of the bracket, and Fig. 3 arear View of the upper part of the leg.

A is the side of the lounge; B, the bracket; O, the leg; D D D D pins onthe bracket; E E, lugs or stops on the bracket against which the legstrikes; F, a slot in the leg; G, the bolt holding the leg and brackettogether; II, a groove or depression formed on the inner side of theleg; J, a raised portion left in the center of this groove, and I Islots or recesses formed in this raised portion and in the body of theleg.

My improved lounge leg is preferably made of metal, though any othermaterial may be used, as found desirable. I first make of any suitablesize or shape a bracket B, which is adapted to be attached to the edgeof the folding part of the lounge, as shown in Fig. 1. The bracket has ahole in its center, through which the bolt passes which attaches it tothe leg, and is preferably provided with four lugs or pins D D D Dplaced at about equal distances around this hole, as shown in Fig. 2.The upper part of the bracket is preferably made thicker than the lower,so that when the leg is pushed upward to fasten it it will be boundbetween the head of the bolt and the thicker part of the bracket andheld thereby more firmly. I

' next make the leg O, which is more particu larly shown in Figs. 1 and3. This may be of any length and thickness desired. Its upper end isprovided with. a slot F of suitable length to permit of its operating inthe manner hereinafter described. A. bolt Gr passes through this slotand through a hole in the bracket and fastens the leg to the bracketsecurely, but in such manner as to allow the free sidewise movement ofthe leg.

The inside of the leg at its-upper end is made substantially as shown inFig. 3, having a depression or recess H formed in the material of whichthe leg is made, as shown in that figure, thus leaving a raised portionJ around the slot F. When the leg is attached to the bracket, the fourstuds or pins D D D D enter into the recess H, the raised portion Jcoming between them.

It will be seen that from the manner in which the leg is constructeditis capable of being applied to either end of the lounge, as desired,since it can swing upward either to the right or left.

On the bracket I make lugs or stops E E. When the leg is rotated, itstrikes against one or the other of these stops, and is therebyprevented from turning clear over, and is held in proper position forthe pins D, &c., to be engaged by the slots I I.

If it be desired to fasten the leg in, say, a Vertical position, it isrotated upon the bolt with the latter at the upper end of the slot andthe leg then pushed upward into the position shown in solid linesin Fig.1, with the bolt G at the lower end of the slot. As the leg is rotatedthe pins D D D D will pass freely through the depression or recess H,and when the leg is pushed upward, so that the fastening-bolt comes tothe lower end of the slot, the lug D will enter the depression I in theelevated portion J, and the lug D will pass into the depression I, andthe leg will thus be held from moving. If, now, it be desired tounfasten the leg in order to shut the lounge, the latter should beslightly lifted or the leg pulled down until the fasteningbolt comesagainst the upper end of the slot F, and studs on the bracket will thenbe released from the depressions I I in the leg, and the latter maybefreely rotated upon the bolt. It may be then brought into ahorizontalposition, as shown by dotted lines in Fig. l, and pushed sidewise untilthe bolt comes against the righthand end of the slot, as shown in saidfigure. In this position the lug D will enter the slotI and the lug Dthe slot 1' and hold the leg firmly. Of course it will be understoodthat the leg may be swung up into a horizontal position either to theleft or right, as desired, and when the leg is in the position shown bydotted lines in Fig. 1, if it be pulled to the right until the bolt hitsthe left-hand end of the slot, the leg will be unfastened and free toturn. The stops E B will prevent too great an upward movement of theleg.

Although I have claimed this device as applied -to a folding lounge, Iof course do not intend to limit myself to that use solely, inas'much asthe leg is capable of application in various other places, and Icontemplate so applying it. Moreover, it is not essential to have allfour of the pins D D D D For instace, when in a vertical position, asshown by solid lines in Fig. 1, either the pin D or D and itscorresponding slot on the leg might be omitted, and when in a horizontalposition one of the pins D D may be omitted, and the device will stilloperate, though somewhat less perfectly, and thus similar changes may bemade in the form and construction of the device without departing fromthe essential spirit of my invention, which consists of a bracketprovided with studs or pins and a leg provided with slots to be held andengaged by such studs and lugs or stops to keep the leg from going toofar. It will of course be evident that, if desired, the constructionherein shown may be reversed, the pins D, D, D and D orany of them,being formed on the leg, and the slots H, I, and I, or any of them, nowshown on the leg, being made in the bracket instead, and I contemplateso constructing the device.

I claim 1. The combination of a bracket adapted to be secured to alounge, a leg pivotally connected to the bracket and adapted to fold upeither to the right or the left while moving in its normal plane, aconcentric groove in the leg surrounding the pivotal point of connectionbetween the leg and the bracket, pins 011 the bracket arranged eccentricto the pivotal point and adapted to rest in the groove in the leg, twoslots opening into the groove from the same direction, but on oppositesides of the pivotal point, and stops on the bracket preventing the legfrom turning completely over when rotated either to the right or theleft, substantially as described.

2. The combination of a bracket adapted to be secured to a lounge, a legpivotally connected to the bracket through an oblong hole in the leg andadapted to fold up either to the right or the left while moving in itsnormal plane and to be moved endwise, a concentric groove in the legsurrounding the pivotal point of connection between the leg and thebracket, pins on the bracket arranged eccentric to the pivotal point andadapted to rest in the groove in the leg, two slots opening into thegroove from the same direction, but on opposite sides of the pivotalpoint, one of them engaging a pin when the leg is moved endwise andholding it in the position to which it is moved, and stops on thebracket preventing the leg from turning completely over when rotatedeither to the right or the left, substantially as described.

WENDELIN SENG.

Witnesses:

GEORGE S. PAYSON, SAMUEL E. HIBBEN.

